Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

21 reviews

readingisforhotgirls's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

this book really made me think!! wow. especially from a modern day perspective, the salem witch trials are just SO interesting to read about and understand. despite this being a school book i wasn’t somehow turned off of it and hate it, and despite it being a classic & play in one, i literally got through it all in ONE DAY!!!! the social commentary on mass hysteria used as an allegory to the mccarthyism of it’s time… in awe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Torture, Death, Racism, and Racial slurs

yxreads's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, and Pregnancy

alexhyder's review

dark

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

emmersnicole's review

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fav play

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexism, Religious bigotry, and Murder

mimikac's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

sandy_21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Infidelity, Racism, Miscarriage, Death, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy and Torture

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

 The Crucible is a well-known classic, a play about the witch trials of the seventeenth century which was designed to clap back against McCarthyism. The wrongness of the verdicts in this play, everything that led up to them and the executions which followed is clearly evident. The really chilling thing is how easy it is to draw lines between the witch trials and practices still occurring in courtrooms and society today which inevitably lead to grave miscarriages of justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Sexism

poirot's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Death and Torture

hot_water's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Racism and Death

cjfrank1's review

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Miller's 'modern' analysis of the Salem witch trials is certainly outdated in the eyes of post-modern audiences, however, it is still a great allegory for McCarthyism and has a good emphasis on the importance of speaking out against an oppressive regime 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Sexism